Events

Step back in time and experience daily life on a sprawling California rancho at the turn of the last century. Docent-guided tours of the Camarillo family’s 1892 Queen Anne Victorian home provide access to all 15 rooms, including the family’s bedrooms and Adolfo’s study and ranch office (now an exhibit room with revolving displays). Admire the 12-foot ceilings and extensive interior woodwork as you wander the house. Items belonging to the Camarillo family, historical photographs, and period-appropriate furnishings bring to life the colorful stories shared by our knowledgeable docents. Don’t forget to step outside and take in lovely views of the front lawn and gardens from the home’s generous wraparound porch.

Historic Home Tours last between 45-60 minutes and include access to the first and second floors.

Docent led house tours are on Saturdays and Sundays from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM (last tour starts at 1:30 PM). House tour fees are $5.00 per person (cash only). Children 12 and under are free. Rubber soled shoes are recommended. If there is a special event on either day, tours may not occur.

Where: 201 Camarillo Ranch Rd, Camarillo

For more information visit www.Camarilloranchfoundation.org

Over the years, the Camarillo Certified Farmers Market has become a community meeting place every Saturday morning where friends, neighbors and strangers shop, socialize and celebrate “the Good Life” and our agricultural heritage. When you shop at the Camarillo Farmers Market, you are supporting local farmers and artisans and helping local residents.

The Camarillo Farmers Market is entirely managed and run by volunteers! Everything — including coordinating the vendors you see each week, setting up, and managing the market office — is done by volunteers.

As a California Certified Farmers Markets (CFM), the Camarillo Farmers Market is a step above other farmers markets. A CFM is a place where farmers sell their own crops directly to the public. Before a farmer can sell his or her crop(s) at a Certified Farmers Market, the County Agricultural Commissioner inspects the farm to make sure the farmer is, in fact, growing the crop he or she is selling. The direct marketing of agricultural products through CFMs eliminates packing, shipping, and third-party handling and ensures that consumers are purchasing safe, nutritious, vine and tree-ripened fruit and vegetables grown in California and certified by the State.

The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) is an all-volunteer organization, with members from all walks of life, dedicated to preserving the history of combat aircraft which were flown by all military services of the United States. The CAF is a non-profit, privately funded and totally self-supporting 501 (c)3 organization. Our CAF aircraft fly!! Each year more Americans see them, touch their metal, smell their exhaust smoke, and listen to the ROAR of their piston engines than visit static displays of all other aviation museums combined! The CAF aircraft throughout the U.S. perform before nearly 10,000,000 spectators every year, recalling the hard-won victories of Americans and other freedom-loving people around the world during the years between 1939 and 1945. The Southern California Wing, CAF was formed in March, 1981, and now has 350+ members. The Wing holds an Open House during most summer holiday weekends.

The WWII Aviation Museum is currently only open on Friday and Saturday from 10AM to 4PM, and Sunday 12-4PM and closed Monday through Thursday, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years Day. We accept donations Adults – $10.00; Students (10-18) – $5.00; Children (6-10) – $3.00; Children under 6 and Current Military – No Charge. Our volunteers are at the hangars working on our aircraft on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays – from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Our cadre of volunteer docents are very knowledgeable and are glad to give tours of our facilities to groups (including school groups/classes). We need reservations for tour groups of ten or more in order to line up docents to guide you through. Please call (805) 482-0064 to make a reservation. We’ll have someone to show you around our facilities and make your visit a memorable one. We have an ever-growing museum of World War II aviation artifacts and displays, along with an aviation library. There is a gift shop in the museum for you to purchase mementos of your visit with us.

The exhibition will be on view at Broome Library in Exhibition Hall at CSUCI March 8, 2023– May 7, 2023. Gallery hours TBD

Limited parking is available on campus. A daily permit is $6. Free parking is available at the Camarillo Metrolink Station/Lewis Road parking lot in Camarillo with bus service to and from the campus. Buses arrive and depart from the Camarillo Metrolink Station and for exact times, check the schedule at Ventura County Transit Center – Routes and Schedules.

This exhibition is FREE and open to the public.

Dolores Huerta: Revolution in the Fields / Revolución en los Campos shares the compelling story of legendary activist and leader Dolores Huerta (b.1930) and the farm workers movement of the 1960s and 70s. It is a quintessentially American tale of struggle and sacrifice, of courage and victory. The exhibition explores Huerta’s public life as an activist and co-founder of the United Farm Workers (UFW), and what led her to become a Latina civil rights icon. In her life as a communicator, organizer, lobbyist, and contract negotiator, teacher, mother, her unparalleled leadership skills helped dramatically improve the lives of farm workers. Visitors will broaden their understanding of the farm workers movement through a careful look at Dolores Huerta’s significant—but often under-acknowledged—contributions. The exhibition also explores how workers of different ethnic and racial backgrounds came together to empower the movement, and how the arts played an essential role. In addition, visitors will come to understand Huerta’s far-reaching impact and important legacy. Dolores Huerta: Revolution in the Fields / Revolución en los Campos features bilingual text (English-Spanish), reproductions of historic and personal photographs, and graphic elements.

Studio Channel Islands Art Center (SCIART) will present DIS CONNECTION, a program of visual and performing art in the Blackboard Gallery from April 1 to May 27. The exhibition has been Curated by SCIART Artist-in-Residence Elana Kundell, featuring the work of eight contemporary female artists who have a family history of displacement by global events. The exhibition includes paintings, installation artworks, photography and sculpture responding to the personal impact of losing one’s home and community, one of the most consequential topics of our time.

Opening reception with the artists is free to attend and will take place April 1, 4 to 7 p.m.. Exhibition programing includes an artist panel discussion at 1 p.m., Saturday April 15, a concert by Gilles Apap and Armen Guzelimian at 7.30 p.m., Saturday April 22, and a film and live art performance by Maria Adela Diaz at 7.30 p.m., Saturday April 29. Curator Elana Kundell states, “The diverse artworks in this exhibit respond to the multi-generational trauma of destruction of home and community. The artists find poetic language for loss through the imaginative transformation of materials. Their works inspire reflection, posing the question, ‘When a sense of place and home is lost, along with the identity built around it, how do people construct a new place and sense of meaning?”

Guatemala-born artist Maria Adela Diaz invites the community to take part in the creation of ‘Lost and Found,’ a performance art anthropological inquiry into the common connection that we share with home and family. Her work has been exhibited at the Pompidou Center in Paris and at the London Design Biennale. “Everybody has a story about an object that they cherish.” Said Diaz. “An object that holds their memories of home. Objects anchor us and contribute to a sense of comfort, stability, and safety.” The community is invited to bring an object from their own home into the gallery and to add their story into the creation of this artwork.

Featuring:

Arezoo Bharthania, http://arezoobharthania.com/

Arezoo Bharthania is an Iranian-American multi-disciplinary artist based in Los Angeles, CA. Her works reflects the experience of creating a home while existing in a state of in-between. It is a narrative formed through layers and gestures that blends her childhood and early adulthood in Iran with her current life in Los Angeles. The space she occupies is navigated through the bodily experience of womanhood and a balance of dichotomies: public and private, psychological and physical environments, here and there.

Fatemeh Burnes, https://www.fatemehburnes.com/

A painter, photographer, educator, and curator, Burnes was born in Tehran, where she was trained in both miniature paintings and in classical Persian poetry.

Fatemeh Burnes is a visual artist, educator, curator and activist based in Los Angeles. She obtained formal and informal training in the visual arts, receiving a BFA and MFA, and did additional graduate studies in art history and exhibition design. Since 1992, she has exhibited her own work nationally and internationally, curated over 100 exhibitions, authored numerous publications, and conducted art-education documentaries. Burnes’ work focuses on nature and human nature, looking at modern events and tragedies, ecological and social, and how those events manifest in contemporary life. Her most current work has taken an autobiographical turn in the context of her experience as an immigrant and as a woman.

Janet Neuwalder, https://janetneuwalder.com/

Janet Neuwalder is the daughter of Japanese immigrants who were interned during the Second World War.

Janet Neuwalder, a sculptor and installation artist specializing in clay and ceramic processes, has focused recently on large-scale sculptural wall installations. Works are assembled from hundreds of fragments floating off the wall’s surface, creating a provocative and visually active topography. The assemblages express movement, playfulness and a sense of history and time.

 Neuwalder received her BFA from Kansas City Art Institute in Kansas City, Missouri and a Master of Fine Art from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Neuwalder has been exhibiting her work nationally since 1984.  She has taught at numerous universities and colleges throughout the United States. She currently teaches Ceramics at Cal Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California.

Maria Adela Diaz, https://mariadeladiaz.com/

Diaz is a multidisciplinary Latinx artist, born in Guatemala. Diaz uses her body as a medium to convey her political deceptions, patriarchy, immigration and discriminating philosophies, with performance, installations and video, her work points out issues that deal with the Latin American diaspora.

Diaz has participated in many art exhibitions around the world, like: Centre Pompidou, Paris France, Ex-Teresa Arte Actual, México City, Museum of Contemporary Art, San José Costa Rica, Somerset House, London UK, among others. Her feminist work inhabited the boundaries between visibility and invisibility in nature, absence and presence of humanity in contemporary societies.

Marthe Aponte, https://martheaponte.com/

Marthe is a self-taught artist living at the edge of the Mojave Desert. I draw inspiration from my life in France, Venezuela, and California, influenced by African and Australian aboriginal people’s artistic traditions as well as the flora and fauna.

My current practice focuses on “picoté”, an art form defined by delicate patterns and textures produced by piercing tiny holes in paper with a punching tool. This unique technique was probably born in France, around the 13th century. I enjoy creating contemporary designs inspired by nature and the human body imbued with a touch of surrealism.

Nurit Avesar,  https://www.nuritavesar.com/

Nurit Avesar was born and raised in Israel. She moved to Los Angeles in her early 20’s.

Nurit Avesar is a mixed media artist and a painter. Her process-based images are combinations of the faded, ghostly images of the initial layer that blend and merge with the bolder, brighter final layers. She states, “History is not linear; it is interwoven with present and future. I have always been fascinated by the effect of history on the present, and the way current events and decisions determine the future.”

Sigrid Orlet, https://sigridorletstudio.weebly.com/portfolio

Sigrid Orlet uses her personal life experience and her investigation of symbol formation in deep scientific inquiry to ask question of her most firmly held beliefs. Today, “not knowing”
informs her art-making.

“I produce a variety of media including painting, sculptural forms and installation. In all
these works, I am concerned with unearthing the roots of being human as an aspect of the coherent whole of existence.

In our increasingly high-speed virtual world, I go beneath the smooth and shiny surfaces
to immerse myself in great solitude and deep silence. I use my brushes and other tools
to quietly and patiently express the rawness, textures, and layers of a seemingly unending
process of unfolding — of what I do not know.”

Artist Alicia Piller’s powerful sculptural forms merge the new and discarded into large scale works that mimic forms of cellular biology. She notes, “The construction of each work becomes a biological unfolding of time that examines the energy around wounds left by historical traumas.” Piller is currently exhibiting at Craft Contemporary in Los Angeles.

Curator Elana Kundell is a longtime Artist-In-Residence at Studio Channel Islands who communicates life through the language of color, in oil and mixed media painting. She is the granddaughter of a Holocaust refugee from Czechoslovakia.

There is ample free parking, admission to the Gallery is free. Visit studiochannelislands.org or call 805-383-1368 for full details

Since we opened for business in 1980, we have offered our customers the freshest and highest quality of vegetables, fruits, and specialty food at our location in Somis. The selection we offer includes jarred products, fresh flowers, pickled vegetables, honey, nuts, juices, dried beans, farm fresh eggs, fresh cut flowers, gifts and unique gift baskets. Make sure to check out our Healthy Harvest boxes, Harvest Gift Basket and Curbside pickup options in our on-line store.

Pick-your-own blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, tangerines & figs are offered by the season. Don’t miss our Animal Center on your way to our pick your own fields which is home to pygmy goats, chickens, alpacas and sheep.

Pick Your Own Crops

Tangerines January – May
Strawberries March – mid-June
Blueberries May – mid-July (light crop)
Raspberries June – mid-November
Blackberries July – mid-November

Start Your Engines!
This is our monthly meeting at the Camarillo Outlets.
Enjoy the morning visiting with other Porsche enthusiasts while looking at all the beautiful Porsche cars.

Location:
Camarillo Premium Outlet Mall
Time: 8:00 am to 9:30 am

Please follow current recommended CDC Guidelines and stay safe & healthy.

There are two breakfast options to choose from, Lorus Cafe or Cracker Barrel.
Lorus opens at 8:00 and has a sit-down breakfast option for those who are interested. https://www.loruscafe.com/
Another option is Cracker Barrel which opens at 7:00, if anyone is interested in its menu. https://www.crackerbarrel.com/menu/breakfast-all-day#

Have Fun!

Started in 1996 by a dedicated group of volunteers—and still organized and run by volunteers — the Garden Tour is one of Camarillo’s signature events.

Now in its 25^th year, the tour blends a variety of elements to create a truly delightful afternoon of fun and friendship. In addition to five amazing gardens, the tour features art exhibits and demonstrations, a delightful garden-themed boutique, enticing raffle, live music and delicious refreshments.

We were delighted to welcome back the Pastel Society of the Gold Coast. They have supported the Garden Tour for many years. Talented artists gave first-hand demonstrations at each garden.

All proceeds from the event directly support our most vulnerable neighbors — parents, grandparents, children and friends. Your support provides care, comfort, support, counseling, and education to those facing a life-limiting illness or grieving the loss of a loved one — all without charge.

The Garden Tour is on the 7th of May. Tickets may be purchased at lmvna.org/gardentour. 

Oxnard native and Grammy Award-winning rapper Anderson .Paak will hold his annual fundraising music festival, .Paak House, at the Ventura County Fairgrounds in Ventura on May 12.

The local festival started in 2017 and raises money to support the nonprofit Brandon Anderson Foundation, named after the rapper’s birth name. The group works to support underserved youth through access to the arts, community outreach, after-school programs and more.

Purchase tickets here: http://paakhouse.org/

Come out to join us for our next presentation in the series:  V-E Day on May 13, 2023 at the CAFSoCal Museum.

This May marks the 78th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day (V-E Day, May 8, 1945), celebrating the formal acceptance of Germany’s surrender in World War II.  Little talked about in the German Luftwaffe are the Messerschmidt ME-108 Taifun personnel transport and liaison aircraft and the Fieseler Fi-156 Storch liaison and covert operations aircraft.  On Saturday May 13th the Commemorative Air Force Southern California Wing at the Camarillo Airport will commemorate V-E Day with a presentation on these two under the radar Luftwaffe workhorses.  Weather, operations, and maintenance permitting CAF SoCal will also fly one of their warbirds for you.

Requested donation of $10 per person – thank you for your support!

Celebrate your extraordinary mother at our 16th annual Mother’s Day Brunch at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Museum! You are sure to make it an amazing and memorable day by spoiling her with a champagne brunch in our amazing Air Force One Pavilion. Enjoy admission to our Museum and Air Force One Pavilion from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For an additional cost, our professional photographer will be available to take pictures to commemorate this Mother’s Day. This will be a Mother’s Day the mother in your life will not forget.

We will reserve tables for groups of four or more. Groups of less than four will be placed at tables of 10 with other parties. This all-inclusive offer is only $85.00 for adults, $40.00 for children ages 3-10, and ages 2 and under are free. Reservations are being taken for seating times beginning at 10:00 a.m. through 12:30 p.m. Please note that our temporary exhibit, Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away., will be an additional cost. Reservations to tour this exhibit are quickly selling out, and cost $16.95 per person – which includes an audio wand. Reservations are limited and must be made by Tuesday, May 9th at 8:00 a.m. “Sunday best” attire is suggested. For more information, please call 805-577-4057. Cash-less Bar Available. Bar Accepting Debit and Credit Cards, Apple and Google Pay Only. NO CASH ACCEPTED.

We’re thrilled to announce the return of the California Strawberry Festival at our NEW location, the Ventura County Fairgrounds. The festival heats up May 20-21, 2023 with all the same great fun you’ve come to love. Enjoy strawberry-inspired treats like build-your-own strawberry shortcake, chocolate-covered strawberries, strawberry beer, and more. Plus, over 40 food vendors, a Ninja Nation Obstacle Course, live music and entertainment, and over a hundred arts and crafts booths to check out.

The exciting new beachside location provides iconic views, and Ventura offers up a vibrant downtown just a few blocks away, with hotels, restaurants, and nightlife. The Fairground’s convenient location right off the 101 freeway offers parking onsite, free shuttle service, and close proximity to the adjacent Amtrak station, making it easier than ever to get to the Festival.

CSUCI is excited to host four in-person commencement ceremonies the weekend of May 20 and 21.  All ceremonies will be held at the South Quad.

Each ceremony will be live streamed so additional family and friends may join in celebrating your achievement.

CEREMONY ASSIGNMENT BY ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Saturday, May 20, 2023 | 9 a.m.

Undergraduate students earning degrees in the following academic programs:

Art, Dance Studies, Performing Arts, Psychology, and Sociology

Saturday, May 20, 2023 | 3 p.m.

Undergraduate students earning degrees in the following academic programs:

Business, Computer Science, Economics, Environmental Science & Resource Management, Information Technology, Mathematics, Mechatronics Engineering

Graduate students earning master’s degrees in the following academic programs:

Biotechnology/Business Administration, Business Administration, Computer Science, Mathematics

Sunday, May 21, 2023 | 9 a.m.

Undergraduate students earning degrees in the following academic programs:

Applied Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Health Science, Nursing

Graduate students earning master’s degrees in the following academic programs:

Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, Nursing

Sunday, May 21, 2023 | 3 p.m.

Undergraduate students earning degrees in the following academic programs:

Anthropology, Chicana/o Studies, Communication, Early Childhood Studies, English, Global Studies, History, Liberal Studies, Political Science, Spanish 

Graduate students earning master’s degrees in the following academic programs:

Education, Educational Leadership

Students earning Credentials

Local military families are invited to our free event to enjoy a celebration of our troops with treats, giveaways, face painting and a photo booth. All attendees will also receive a comprehensive list of stores that provide military discounts.

Plus, families that spend $200 or more will receive a $25 gift card!*
*Receipts must be redeemed on Saturday, May 20 by 5PM. While supplies last. Space is limited, reserve early! 

RSVP: https://militaryappreciationcamarillo.splashthat.com/?member=y

Members of the Conejo Valley Youth Orchestra’s Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, Padre Serra’s Dominic MacAller, and family members and friends collaborate on a delightful evening of chamber music by Bach, Debussy, Schumann, and others.

The Dialogues Concert Series presents chamber music masterpieces paired with story time in an intimate setting where audience members are close enough to hear every detail and experience every layer. Join us for one of the best kept secrets in Ventura County.

Time: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: Padre Serra Parish, 5205 Upland Road, Camarillo, CA 93012

Website: www.padreserra.org/spring-concert.html

Studio Channel Islands Art Center (SCIART) presents Jimmy in Saigon, a documentary by Peter McDowell. The film begins as a personal exploration into the mysterious death and radical life of Jimmy McDowell, an American 24-year-old Vietnam veteran who died as a civilian in Saigon in 1972, when filmmaker Peter McDowell was only five. While investigating Jimmy’s drug use and sexuality, Peter takes us from the US Midwest to Vietnam, France and back home again. In his quest to get to know his brother, he uncovers a hidden romance, new family ties and a remarkable global love story. This event is being held at 7:30PM on May 20 in the Blackboard Gallery. GA tickets are $15 and student tickets are free, visit https://events.humanitix.com/film-in-the-gallery-jimmy-in-saigon

Registration is Open! 
Please register by May 7

Come splash into Summer with us! Bring your family, friends, or sports team for a fun bonding time in the pool.​

In honor of National Water Safety Month, we have partnered with Stop Drowning Now and will have fun water safety activities educating adults and children on the importance of water safety.

Activities:

– Open Swim
– Water Slide
– Learn & Try a Water Safety Checklist by Stop Drowning Now
– Scuba/Dive Demonstrations by SC Diving
– Water Safety Activities by Pleasant Valley Swim Team and PVRPD